 Lee/ Sullivan Co. Jail By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News SULLIVAN COUNTY - A Knox County man was arrested for drunk driving while crews were working a crash scene in Sullivan County early Sunday morning. Allen Lee, 31, of Westphalia, was booked into the Sullivan County Jail around 6:30 a.m. He is charged with operating while intoxicated-endangerment, possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. According to the report, SR 54 was temporarily closed, as emergency crews were clearing the scene of an overturned vehicle near CR 275 E, just before 4 a.m. Sheriff Clark Cottom said that's when the suspect, driving at a high rate of speed, struck a a vehicle that was waiting in traffic. The occupants in that car were treated and released from the scene a short time later. The pickup truck went airborne, before coming to rest in a yard. Further investigation revealed the suspect had been drinking. A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded 70 grams of marijuana and more than 100 pills, that were a classified as a schedule 4 controlled substance in the vehicle. Cottom said it's fortunate the drunk driving accident wasn't worse. "The scene could have resulted in further tragedy, as emergency personnel were working in the roadway at the previous crash scene," he said.  Elmore/Sullivan Co. Jail By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News SULLIVAN - A Sullivan man was arrested after allegedly threatening to kill his wife and children when she had reportedly interrupted him during an argument at their home earlier this week. Andrew Elmore, 39, was booked into the Sullivan County Jail Monday around 12:30 p.m., where he is charged with four counts of intimidation and criminal confinement. "The victim reported that Andrew said she needed consequences for interrupting him during the argument," Chief Deputy Jason Bobbitt, of the Sullivan Co. Sheriff's Office, said. Elmore allegedly became very controlling and dangerous. "She also reported that Andrew threatened to take a knife to her throat and kill her children," Bobbitt explained. Initially, he told her to write sentences for being disrespectful and then became more extreme in his anger --- holding her captive in the residence and refusing to let her have access to her phone and car keys. She was able to escape the following day, when Elmore went to a scheduled appointment. She fled with the three children, escaping through a cornfield, according to the report. The mother and her children found a nearby house and was able to use the phone to call police. Chief Bobbitt was able to apprehend the suspect with assistance from Sullivan County Community Corrections and Sullivan City Police. |
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